Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 August 1920 — FOUNTAIN PARK CHAUTAUQUA [ARTICLE]

FOUNTAIN PARK CHAUTAUQUA

ALL ATTENDANCE RECORDS FOR FIRST SUNDAY WERE BROKEN. Secretary Charles W. Peck, of the Fountain Park association, reports that the 1920 session has made a most gratifying beginning. Sunday was a banner day and the paid admissions were double that of any previous first Sunday. The program was entirely in keeping with this large attendance and was high class and interesting throughout. The morning sermon by Dr. S. S. Lappin .subject, “The Second Generation,” was intensely interesting. The concert in the afternoon and evening by. the A. B. C. Boys’ Band, consisting of forty-six of the boys from Remington and vicinity, between the ages of eleven and fif-teen,-made a decided hit. Under the direction 'of Prof. Wolfe and the management of A. B. Coleman these young people have developed into a -musical organization capable of rendering a high class concert. The lecture by Byron W. King in the afternoon was a master effort and equal to the best to be heard from the chautauqua The Crawford Adams Company which appeared both afternon and evening were delightful entertainers. The readings by Mrs. Roselth Knall Brhed, the woman humorist, kept the crowd in art uproar of applause. Rollo Hudson, as announced on thr program, made his violin sing its way into the hearts of his hearers. Next Sunday will be Monticello Day. Over a hundred decorated automobiles will accompany the Elmore Band from that city and the concert by that band and its famous quartette will be a great drawing card. A goodly number of Rensselaer people were in attendance, among them were: Mr. and Mrs. Louis Shirer, David H. Yeoman, Mr. and Mrs. Alva Grenard, Orval Crislar, Jennie Comer, Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Con Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Louis H. Hamilton, George Thomas, Luella Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. John Merritt, Mrs. Jennie Randle and Walter Randle.